Koraput Junction railway station

18°47′32″N 82°43′09″E / 18.7921°N 82.7191°E / 18.7921; 82.7191Elevation870 m (2,854 ft)Line(s)Kothavalasa–Kirandul line
Koraput–Rayagada link linePlatforms5Tracks5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gaugeConstructionStructure typeStandard (on-ground station)ParkingAvailableOther informationStatusFunctioningStation codeKRPU Zone(s) East Coast Railway Division(s) RayagadaHistoryOpened1963ElectrifiedYesServices

Preceding station	Indian Railways			Following station
Suku towards ?		East Coast Railway zone Kothavalasa–Kirandul line		Manabar towards ?
Terminus		East Coast Railway zone Koraput–Rayagada link line		Dumuriput towards ?

Location
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Koraput Junction railway station, located in the Indian state of Odisha, serves Koraput town in Koraput district.

In 1960, Indian Railway took up three projects: the Kottavalasa–Koraput–Jeypore–Kirandaul line ( Dandakaranya Project ), the Titlagarh–Bolangir–Jharsuguda Project and the Rourkela–Kiriburu Project. All the three projects taken together were popularly known as the DBK Project or the Dandakaranya Bolangir Kiriburu Project.^[1]

The Koraput–Rayagada Rail Link Project was completed on 31 December 1998.^[2]

The Visakhapatnam–Kirandul Passenger passes through Koraput. The Hirakhand Express connects Jagdalpur to Bhubaneswar via Koraput,Rayagada,Vizianagaram and Brahmapur. Howrah–Koraput Samaleshwari Express travels via Jharsuguda, Sambalpur and Rayagada. The Durg–Jagdalpur Tri-Weekly Express travels via Titlagarh, Rayagada and Koraput.

Koraput railway station serves around 27,000 passengers every day.

• Koraput travel guide from Wikivoyage